i want to marry a polish visitor

[Motslan 0]

i want to marry a polish visitor

she is on a turist visa, can i marry her and keep her?

[Motslan 0]

i have been reading some posts here and its all confusing... k1, k3, staus change...

im not sure how to tell which one applies to me, if any.

[mrsartis 10]

hi there motslan,

first of all welcome here in VJ..

First things first..

unfortuntely, it doesnt work that way, i mean your girlfriend being in US in a tourist visa.,. you cant marry her in the US.. what you would do is for her to go back to her country and get married there file for k3 or cr1 visa or dont get married yet,but still she has to go back to her country and you have to file for the peititon of k1 visa meaning your petitioning your fiance..

after your filing it may take some time and you have to be patient and all.. first though you havet o make a decision if you would like to get married or not yet.. if you want to be with her in the US as soon as possoble i suggest you the k1.. and take it from there..

Good Luck!

[Motslan 0]

hi there motslan,

first of all welcome here in VJ..

First things first..

unfortuntely, it doesnt work that way, i mean your girlfriend being in US in a tourist visa.,. you cant marry her in the US.. what you would do is for her to go back to her country and get married there file for k3 or cr1 visa or dont get married yet,but still she has to go back to her country and you have to file for the peititon of k1 visa meaning your petitioning your fiance..

after your filing it may take some time and you have to be patient and all.. first though you havet o make a decision if you would like to get married or not yet.. if you want to be with her in the US as soon as possoble i suggest you the k1.. and take it from there..

Good Luck!

see, this is all confusing

i read this earlier and thought it was similar (without me knowing her first though)

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=138858

why is one different from the other

[Dorota 0]

i want to marry a polish visitor

she is on a turist visa, can i marry her and keep her?

Yes, you can marry her. As long as she has her birth certificate and passport, you guys should be fine.

[Nina+Matt 0]

as long as she didnt get here on a tourist visa with the intend to get married and stay you can marry her and then file for aos (adjustment of status) to get her green card. if she got here on a tourist visa with the intend to get married and you do so its called visa fraud and if the uscis would find out then she would be banned from the us.

[john_and_marlene 162]

unfortuntely, it doesnt work that way

Fortunately, for him, it does work that way. Get married and file I-130 and I-485 together to get her permanent residence. Enjoy your life together.

[JeroenAndMichelle 28]

and keep her?

A bit offtopic but for some reason I had think about something like this:

[pilot's girl 0]

I'm not an expert on the subject, but I agree, you can marry her as long as she didn't come to the US on a tourist visa with the intent to marry. You will have to prove that, if I'm not mistaken. I don't know how, you would have to talk to someone in a similar situation. Of course, you can also go with K1 or K3, but that's definitely a longer route. Once you marry she will have to adjust her status (AOS) to get her residency. Her residency, if granted, will be for 2 years. This is done to help prevent fraud. After 2 years she will apply to lift the condition of her GC. You will have to prove your marriage being bonafide. There's a long way ahead of you no matter which path you take, but we're all on it, so good luck! Where in Poland is she from?

Edited July 17, 2008 by pilot's girl

[Motslan 0]

thanks to all of you for your responses.

she came to the us to visit her great aunt in california and to see a few citys while here. she didnt expect to find her soul mate, but im glad she did. so this shouldnt be a problem with what you you guys are saying.

"pilot's girl" thanks for the info she if from {the spelling might be off, she's with her aunt} gdansk but was born in radom

"JeroenAndMichelle" thanks for the kitten its more like can she keep me though

"john_and_marlene" thanks for letting me know to send the I-130 and I-485 together

"Dorota" thanks for the advice about her birth cirtificate, she will have to get her folks to send it. it will be in polish though, will she have to get it translated or something?

"mrsartis" thanks for my welcome and helping getting the caonversation started

[Nina+Matt 0]

tell her parents to get a international birth certificate, if you can get that in poland. otherwise you would have to get it translated i think

[Dorota 0]

thanks to all of you for your responses.

she came to the us to visit her great aunt in california and to see a few citys while here. she didnt expect to find her soul mate, but im glad she did. so this shouldnt be a problem with what you you guys are saying.

"pilot's girl" thanks for the info she if from {the spelling might be off, she's with her aunt} gdansk but was born in radom

"JeroenAndMichelle" thanks for the kitten its more like can she keep me though

"john_and_marlene" thanks for letting me know to send the I-130 and I-485 together

"Dorota" thanks for the advice about her birth cirtificate, she will have to get her folks to send it. it will be in polish though, will she have to get it translated or something?

"mrsartis" thanks for my welcome and helping getting the caonversation started

I didn't have my birth certificate translated when we were getting our marriage license. They just wanted to look at it. However, she will need to have it translated when you guys will send your papers to USCIS. I had my translated by polish priest, and it was ok.

Good luck!!! I am glad you found your soul mate in polish girl. We are the most beautiful in the world!

[pilot's girl 0]

"pilot's girl" thanks for the info she if from {the spelling might be off, she's with her aunt} gdansk but was born in radom

Cool! Gdansk is a really cool city. And my hometown is probably 2 hours away from Radom. As for the birth cert, you can get a sworn translator to translate it. The way they do it looks very professional. Just have her family take care of it in Poland. We have a Polish-speaking thread on this forum (up top, stickied), you can invite her to join and chat with us. There's another girl from Gdansk there.

[bora bora 1]

i have been reading some posts here and its all confusing... k1, k3, staus change...

im not sure how to tell which one applies to me, if any.

Yes, you can marry her.

[Nanusia & Lukaszek 0]

"pilot's girl" thanks for the info she if from {the spelling might be off, she's with her aunt} gdansk but was born in radom

Cool! Gdansk is a really cool city. And my hometown is probably 2 hours away from Radom. As for the birth cert, you can get a sworn translator to translate it. The way they do it looks very professional. Just have her family take care of it in Poland. We have a Polish-speaking thread on this forum (up top, stickied), you can invite her to join and chat with us. There's another girl from Gdansk there.

I think getting a sworn translator to translate it, is a waste of money. For AOS I translated my husband's birth certificate, and got it notarized for free. If your fiance is fluent in both Polish & English she can do it herself and save the $$.

Gdansk is beautiful! That's the area where my husband is from.